Turbulence field update method and apparatus, and related device thereof

ABSTRACT

Provided are a turbulence field update method, apparatus, and device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: obtaining sample turbulence data; performing model training by use of the sample turbulence data to obtain a reinforcement learning turbulence model; calculating initial turbulence data of a turbulence field by use of a Reynolds Averaged Navior-Stokes (RANS) equation; processing the initial turbulence data by use of the reinforcement learning turbulence model to obtain a predicted Reynolds stress; and performing calculation on the predicted Reynolds stress by use of the RANS equation to obtain updated turbulence data.

RELATED DEVICE THEREOF

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No.202010110908.3, filed on Feb. 21, 2020, in China National IntellectualProperty Administration and entitled “Turbulence Field Update Method andApparatus, and Related Device Thereof”, the contents of which are herebyincorporated by reference in its entirety.

FIELD

The present application relates to the technical field of reinforcementlearning, and particularly to a turbulence field update method, as wellas a turbulence field update apparatus and device, and acomputer-readable storage medium.

BACKGROUND

Turbulence is ubiquitous in nature and industry. For example, extremeweather in nature, such as sandstorm, typhoon, and tsunami, complex flowenvironments of large civil airliners and passenger ships, and internalflows of aero-engines involved in independent research and developmentare all typical turbulences. Turbulence is a complex flow irregular inspatial and temporal distribution, characterized by high nonlinearity,randomness, multi-scale, etc. n a turbulence field, a Reynolds number ofa practical turbulent environment often reaches Re˜O(10¹⁰). The problemof highly-nonlinear complex flow with an ultra-high Reynolds number issolved generally by observation with wind tunnel and water tunnel testsand numerical simulation with a Reynolds Averaged Navior-Stokes (RANS)equation. However, due to the limitations of test observationtechnologies and the constraint of the test cost, numerical simulationwith the RANS equation is currently the main turbulence research means.

However, since turbulence models are mostly derived from simple flows,in front of complex problems such as a high-Reynolds-number separatedflow, a calculation result of the RANS equation is often deviatedgreatly from the actual situation, and it is impossible to implementmore accurate turbulence field update.

Therefore, how to effectively improve the calculation accuracy andimplement more accurate turbulence field update is a problem urgent tobe solved by those skilled in the art.

SUMMARY

An objective of the present application is to provide a turbulence fieldupdate method. According to the turbulence field update method, thecalculation accuracy may be improved effectively, thereby achieving moreaccurate turbulence field update. Another objective of the presentapplication is to provide a turbulence field update apparatus anddevice, and a computer-readable storage medium, which also have theabove-mentioned beneficial effect.

In order to solve the foregoing technical problem, in a first aspect,the present application provides a turbulence field update method,including:

obtaining sample turbulence data;

performing model training by use of the sample turbulence data to obtaina reinforcement learning turbulence model;

calculating initial turbulence data of the turbulence field by use of aRANS equation;

processing the initial turbulence data by use of the reinforcementlearning turbulence model to obtain a predicted Reynolds stress;

calculating the predicted Reynolds stress by use of the RANS equation toobtain updated turbulence data.

In some embodiments, before the performing model training by use of thesample turbulence data to obtain a reinforcement learning turbulencemodel, the method further includes:

preprocessing the sample turbulence data to obtain standard sampleturbulence data.

In some embodiments, the preprocessing the sample turbulence data toobtain standard sample turbulence data includes:

normalizing the sample turbulence data to obtain normalized sampleturbulence data;

extracting the normalized sample turbulence data at equal intervals toobtain the standard sample turbulence data.

In some embodiments, the performing model training by use of the sampleturbulence data to obtain a reinforcement learning turbulence modelincludes:

performing feature extraction on the sample turbulence data to obtain asample turbulence feature;

performing model training by use of the sample turbulence feature toobtain the reinforcement learning turbulence model.

In some embodiments, the performing model training by use of the sampleturbulence feature to obtain the reinforcement learning turbulence modelincludes:

constructing a Deep-Q-Network (DQN);

performing iterative training on the DQN by use of the sample turbulencefeature with a preset target function as an iteration condition toobtain the reinforcement learning turbulence model.

In some embodiments, the calculating initial turbulence data of theturbulence field by use of a RANS equation includes:

obtaining an initial Reynolds stress of the turbulence field;

closing a Reynolds stress item of the RANS equation by use of theinitial Reynolds stress to calculate the initial turbulence data.

In some embodiments, the processing the initial turbulence data by useof the reinforcement learning turbulence model to obtain a predictedReynolds stress includes:

obtaining a learning experience and network parameter during training ofthe reinforcement learning turbulence model;

optimizing the reinforcement learning turbulence model by use of thelearning experience and the network parameter to obtain an optimizedreinforcement learning turbulence model;

processing the initial turbulence data by use of the optimizedreinforcement learning turbulence model to obtain the predicted Reynoldsstress.

In a second aspect, the present application also provides a turbulencefield update apparatus, including:

a sample obtaining module, configured to obtain sample turbulence data;

a model training module, configured to perform model training by use ofthe sample turbulence data to obtain a reinforcement learning turbulencemodel;

an initial data calculating module, configured to obtain initialturbulence data of the turbulence field through calculating by use of aRANS equation;

an initial data processing module, configured to process the initialturbulence data by use of the reinforcement learning turbulence model toobtain a predicted Reynolds stress;

a turbulence field update module, configured to calculate the predictedReynolds stress by use of the RANS equation to obtain updated turbulencedata.

In a third aspect, the present application also discloses a turbulencefield update device, including:

a memory, configured to store a computer program;

a processor, configured to execute the computer program to implement anysteps of the turbulence field update method as described above.

In a fourth aspect, the present application also discloses acomputer-readable storage medium, having a computer program storedthereon which, when executed by a processor, implements any steps of theturbulence field update method as described above.

The turbulence field update method provided in the present applicationincludes: obtaining sample turbulence data; performing model training byuse of the sample turbulence data to obtain a reinforcement learningturbulence model; calculating initial turbulence data of the turbulencefield by use of a RANS equation; processing the initial turbulence databy use of the reinforcement learning turbulence model to obtain apredicted Reynolds stress; calculating the predicted Reynolds stress byuse of the RANS equation to obtain updated turbulence data.

It can be seen that, according to the turbulence field update methodprovided in the present application, based on the capabilities ofreinforcement learning of generalization, no label, sequentialdecision-making, and closed-loop update, a turbulence model isconstructed by use of the reinforcement learning technology, and a RANSequation solver is coupled with the reinforcement learning turbulencemodel to obtain a model with a higher generalization ability by trainingwith current turbulence field data, thereby implementing turbulencefield update. It can be seen that reinforcement learningtechnology-based model construction effectively reduces the influence ofa difference between a target high-Reynolds-number turbulence andlow-Reynolds-number training data and improves the generalizationability of the model. A RANS equation is alternately solved to calculatea turbulence field, and a Reynolds stress is predicted by use of thereinforcement learning turbulence model, whereby difficulties incalculating a high-Reynolds-number turbulence field are reducedeffectively, high-accuracy fast solution is implemented, andfurthermore, more accurate turbulence field update is implemented.

All of the turbulence field update apparatus and device andcomputer-readable storage medium provided in the present applicationhave the foregoing beneficial effects. Elaborations are omitted herein.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to describe the technical solutions in the prior art andembodiments of the present application more clearly, the drawingsrequired to be used in descriptions about the prior art and theembodiments of the present application will be introduced briefly below.Certainly, the following drawings about the embodiments of the presentapplication only describe part of embodiments of the presentapplication, those ordinarily skilled in the art may also obtain otherdrawings according to the provided drawings without creative work, andthe obtained other drawings shall also fall within the scope ofprotection of the present application.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a turbulence field update methodaccording to the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of another turbulence field updatemethod according to the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a turbulence field updateapparatus according to the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a turbulence field updatedevice according to the present application.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

A core of the present application is to provide a turbulence fieldupdate method. According to the turbulence field update method, thecalculation accuracy may be improved effectively, thereby achieving moreaccurate turbulence field update. Another core of the presentapplication is to provide a turbulence field update apparatus anddevice, and a computer-readable storage medium, which also have theabove-mentioned beneficial effect.

In order to describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of thepresent application more clearly and completely, the technical solutionsin the embodiments of the present application will be introduced belowin combination with the drawings in the embodiments of the presentapplication. Clearly, the described embodiments are not all embodimentsbut only part of embodiments of the present application. Based on theembodiments of the present application, all other embodiments obtainedby those skilled in the art without creative work shall fall within theprotection scope of the present application.

Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a turbulencefield update method according to the present application, including thefollowing steps.

S101: obtain sample turbulence data.

This step aims to obtain sample turbulence data. The sample turbulencedata is the disclosed high-accuracy and high-resolution Direct NumericalSimulation (DNS) flow field data available for subsequent modeltraining.

S102: perform model training by use of the sample turbulence data toobtain a reinforcement learning turbulence model.

This step aims to implement model training so as to obtain areinforcement learning turbulence model. Specifically, a reinforcementlearning technology has relatively high capabilities of generalization,no label, sequential decision-making, and closed-loop update, soprocessing the sample turbulence data based on the reinforcementlearning technology to construct the reinforcement learning turbulencemodel may effectively reduce the influence of a difference between atarget high-Reynolds-number turbulence and low-Reynolds-number trainingdata and improve the generalization ability of the model.

In another embodiment, before the step that model training is performedby use of the sample turbulence data to obtain a reinforcement learningturbulence model, the method may further include: preprocessing thesample turbulence data to obtain standard sample turbulence data.

In order to effectively improve the model accuracy, before modeltraining, the sample turbulence data may also be preprocessed to obtainstandard sample turbulence data. The preprocessing operation isimplemented by many methods, such as standardization processing,normalization processing, and sampling processing. No limits are madethereto in the present application.

In another embodiment, the step of preprocessing the sample turbulencedata to obtain standard sample turbulence data may include: normalizingthe sample turbulence data to obtain normalized sample turbulence data;extracting the normalized sample turbulence data at equal intervals toobtain the standard sample turbulence data. This preferred embodimentprovides a relatively specific method for preprocessing the sampleturbulence data, i.e., data normalization processing and data extractionprocessing. First, the sample turbulence data is normalized by use of amain flow velocity and density of flat-plate turbulence. Further,normalized sample turbulence data is extracted at an equal interval inthree directions of a sample turbulence data space, thereby obtainingthe standard sample turbulence data.

In another embodiment, the step of performing model training by use ofthe sample turbulence data to obtain a reinforcement learning turbulencemodel may include: performing feature extraction on the sampleturbulence data to obtain a sample turbulence feature; performing modeltraining by use of the sample turbulence feature to obtain thereinforcement learning turbulence model.

This preferred embodiment provides a relatively specific model trainingmethod, i.e., sample-feature-based model construction. First, aturbulence field feature of the preprocessed sample turbulence data isextracted. Further, model construction is performed by use of the sampleturbulence feature, thereby obtaining the reinforcement learningturbulence model. The feature extraction operation may be any one of theprior art. No limits are made thereto in the present application.

In another embodiment, the step that model training is performed by useof the sample turbulence feature to obtain the reinforcement learningturbulence model may include: constructing a DQN; performing iterativetraining on the DQN by use of the sample turbulence feature with apreset target function as an iteration condition to obtain thereinforcement learning turbulence model.

This preferred embodiment provides a reinforcement learning turbulencemodel of a specific type, i.e., a DQN-based training model.Specifically, a DQN is constructed, and the sample turbulence feature isinput for reinforcement-learning-based iterative training. Duringiteration, a target function is pre-established as an iterationcondition to ensure model convergence, thereby obtaining an accuratereinforcement learning turbulence model.

S103: calculate initial turbulence data of the turbulence field by useof a RANS equation.

This step aims to calculate initial turbulence data, namely calculatingbased on a RANS equation. The RANS equation is an evolved ensembleaveraged Navior-Stokes (N-S) equation describing turbulence statistics.

In another embodiment, the step of calculating initial turbulence dataof the turbulence field by use of a RANS equation may include: obtainingan initial Reynolds stress of the turbulence field; closing a Reynoldsstress item of the RANS equation by use of the initial Reynolds stressto calculate the initial turbulence data.

This preferred embodiment provides a relatively specific method forcalculating the initial turbulence data. First, an initial Reynoldsstress of the turbulence field is obtained. The initial Reynolds stressis a Reynolds stress value preset in the current turbulence field.Further, a Reynolds stress item of the RANS equation is closed forsolving by use of this value, thereby obtaining the initial turbulencedata.

S104: process the initial turbulence data by use of the reinforcementlearning turbulence model to obtain a predicted Reynolds stress.

S105: calculate the predicted Reynolds stress by use of the RANSequation to obtain updated turbulence data.

Specifically, the initial turbulence data may be input to thereinforcement learning model for processing, thereby predictivelyobtaining a Reynolds stress corresponding to an updated turbulencefield, i.e., the predicted Reynolds stress. Then, the turbulence fieldmay be updated according to the predicted Reynolds stress. Further, aturbulence field update process may also be implemented based on theRANS equation. Specifically, a Reynolds stress item of the RANS equationmay be closed for solving by use of the predicted Reynolds stress,thereby obtaining the updated turbulence data. The updated turbulencedata is data information corresponding to the updated turbulence field.Hereto, turbulence field update is completed.

In another embodiment, the step of processing the initial turbulencedata by use of the reinforcement learning turbulence model to obtain apredicted Reynolds stress may include: obtaining a learning experienceand network parameter during training of the reinforcement learningturbulence model; optimizing the reinforcement learning turbulence modelby use of the learning experience and the network parameter to obtain anoptimized reinforcement learning turbulence model; processing theinitial turbulence data by use of the optimized reinforcement learningturbulence model to obtain the predicted Reynolds stress.

In order to further ensure the accuracy of the predicted Reynolds stressvalue, before processing the initial turbulence data by use of thereinforcement learning turbulence model, the model may be optimizedfirst by use of data information recorded during training of thereinforcement learning turbulence model. The data information mayinclude a learning experience and a network parameter, is generated andrecorded in a memory during model training, and may be directly called.The network parameter may be a weight, an offset, etc. Then, the initialturbulence data may be processed by use of the optimized reinforcementlearning turbulence model to obtain the predicted Reynolds stress.

It is to be noted that S101 to S102 present a training process of thereinforcement learning turbulence model. After model training iscompleted, the model is stored in a pre-created memory space. Further,during practical turbulence field update, the model training processneeds to be executed only once, and when subsequently needing to be usedfor many times, the model may be directly called from the memory spacewithout repeated training.

It can be seen that, according to the turbulence field update methodprovided in the present application, based on the capabilities ofreinforcement learning of generalization, no label, sequentialdecision-making, and closed-loop update, a turbulence model isconstructed by use of the reinforcement learning technology, and a RANSequation solver is coupled with the reinforcement learning turbulencemodel to obtain a model with a higher generalization ability by trainingwith current turbulence field data, thereby implementing turbulencefield update. It can be seen that reinforcement learningtechnology-based model construction effectively reduces the influence ofa difference between a target high-Reynolds-number turbulence andlow-Reynolds-number training data and improves the generalizationability of the model. A RANS equation is alternately solved to calculatea turbulence field, and a Reynolds stress is predicted by use of thereinforcement learning turbulence model, whereby difficulties incalculating a high-Reynolds-number turbulence field are reducedeffectively, high-accuracy fast solution is implemented, andfurthermore, more accurate turbulence field update is implemented.

Based on each of the above-mentioned embodiments, an embodiment of thepresent application provides a more specific turbulence field updatemethod. Referring to FIG. 2 , FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of anotherturbulence field update method according to the present application.

Specifically, according to the turbulence field update method providedin the present application, a deep reinforcement learning algorithm DQNis coupled with a RANS equation solver, six components (three normalstress components and three tangential stress components) of a Reynoldsstress z in a RANS equation are predicted by use of turbulence fielddata (including velocity components u, v, and w and pressure p in x, y,and z directions), and then the RANS equation is closed by use of theReynolds stress for next-step turbulence field solving, therebyimplementing turbulence field update. Based on this, a specificimplementation process of the turbulence field update method is asfollows.

1: Training of a Reinforcement Learning Turbulence Model (RegularizedLifelong Topic Model (RLTM))

Currently, a large amount of high-accuracy and high-resolution DNS flowfield data has been disclosed for researchers to use. Such data isusually stored at a certain time interval, and includes velocity data u,v, and w and pressure data p of a three-dimensional flow field in the x,y, and z directions. Therefore, a deep neural network model availablefor predicting a Reynolds stress of a flow field may be trained based onsuch data.

(1) Preparation and Preprocessing of Existing DNS Flow Field Data

Generally, the flow field velocity and pressure data has been normalizedin DNS calculation by use of a feature velocity U and a fluid density ρ.If not, the data may be normalized by use of a main flow velocity U anddensity ρ of a flat-plate turbulence. Further, considering that aresolution used by DNS is far higher than a computational grid of a RANSequation, in order to match two sets of computational grids andsimultaneously reduce the training cost, original DNS data may beextracted at an equal interval in the three spatial directions to formnew sparse three-dimensional flow field data sequenced by time fortraining.

(2) Turbulence Field Feature (Reinforcement Learning State) Selection

Velocity components u, v, and w and pressure p at each computationalgrid point are selected as a feature, as well as state s in thereinforcement learning algorithm. Further, the states s at all gridpoints form environment E.

(3) Training of the Reinforcement Learning Turbulence Model (RLTM) andAccumulation of a Memory

Typical reinforcement learning parameter spaces may form a quad <A, S,R, T>, i.e., an action space A, a state space S, a reward space R, and atransition function space T. An agent in the environment observes theenvironment and its own current state s, and performs an action aaccording to a certain rule or strategy π, thereby obtaining a currentreward r and a long-term accumulated reward R, causing a change ortransition T of the environment. In a new environment, a new action a1is performed according to an observed new state s1, thereby obtaining anew reward r1 and accumulated reward R1. Afterwards, this process isrepeated.

Specifically, two neural networks that are the same in structure butdifferent in parameter may be constructed by use of a classical DQNmethod, i.e., a target network (target_net) whose parameter is updatedat a certain time interval and a prediction network (pred_net) whoseparameter is updated in each step respectively. The prediction networkwhose parameter is updated in each step is a Reynolds stress predictionneural network for predicting the six components of the Reynolds stressτ. Then, the Reynolds stress prediction neural network may be trained byuse of existing high-accuracy and high-resolution DNS data. A learningexperience (s_(t), a_(t), q_(t), r_(t), s_(t+1)) in this process isstored in a memory so as to be randomly extracted for reproduction in acoupled solving process of the reinforcement learning turbulence model(RLTM) and the RANS equation, to assist in predicting the Reynoldsstress τ_(pred). Meanwhile, the parameter of the Reynolds stressprediction neural network, i.e., a weight w and an offset b, is storedso as to provide a set of relatively good initial neural networkparameters for subsequent coupled calculation. Based on this, theimplementation process is as follows:

Input information about the state s (velocity components u, v, and w andthe pressure p), with a first layer (input layer) of the Reynolds stressprediction neural network using a Rectified Linear Unit (ReLu) functionas an activation function, a second layer (output layer) not using anyactivation function, and obtain all predicted values Q_(pred) (relatedto the reward r). The target network is of the same network structure,outputs all intermediate target values Q′, and is configured tocalculate and update a target value Q_(target). In calculation, adiscount factor γ indicates that the deeper into the future, the lessthe impact on the current reward, and is valued to a constant between 0and 1. A specific form of the network is as follows:

L1=relu(w1*S+b1)

Q=w2*L1+b2

where w1 and w2 as well as b1 and b2 represent network parameters of thefirst layer and the second layer respectively, i.e., weights andoffsets, L1 represents an output of the first layer, and value Q is afinal output.

Specific forms of Q_(target) and Q_(pred) are as follows:

Q _(target) =r _(t=1)+γ*max_(a) _(t+1) Q′(s _(t+1) +a _(t=1))

Q _(pred) =Q(s _(t+1) +a _(t=1))

where s_(t+1), a_(t+1), r_(t+1) represent a state, action, and reward ata next moment respectively.

Further, after all Q_(pred) are obtained, the action a corresponding tothe maximum Qpred is selected, i.e., a current predicted Reynolds stressvalue τ_(pred) and an obtained reward r. The reward r is defined asfollows:

$r = \{ \begin{matrix}{0,{{❘{\tau_{pred} - \tau_{DNS}}❘} < {10\%}}} \\{{❘{\tau_{pred} - \tau_{DNS}}❘},{{❘{\tau_{pred} - \tau_{DNS}}❘} > {10\%}}}\end{matrix} $

where τ_(DNS) represents a known Reynolds stress of the high-accuracyand high-resolution DNS data, and τ_(pred) represents the currentpredicted Reynolds stress value.

Hereto, a round of training of the reinforcement learning turbulencemodel (RLTM) is ended.

(4) Update of the Parameter of the Reynolds Stress Prediction NeuralNetwork

For the Reynolds stress prediction neural network, a loss may becalculated by use of Q_(target) and Q_(pred), and the network parametermay be updated by a back propagation operation. Specifically, a targetfunction for back propagation and parameter updating of the Reynoldsstress prediction neural network is defined as minimize:(τ_(DNS)−τ_(pred) ²) the network model is corrected and trained byτ_(DNS), and the weight w and the offset b are updated by a Root MeanSquare Propagation (RMSProp) optimizer. In each round of calculation,the network parameter and the learning experience (s, τ_(pred), Q′_(t),r, s′) are recorded and stored in the memory.

2: Coupled Calculation of the Reinforcement Learning Turbulence Model(RLTM) and the RANS Equation

(1) Calculation of an Initial Flow Field Based on the RANS Equation

For a turbulence problem to be specifically solved, a Reynolds stressitem of the RANS equation is closed by use of a preset initial Reynoldsstress τ₀, such as all-zero distribution, thereby obtaining an initialflow field u, v, w, p.

Under a Cartesian coordinate system, the incompressible RANS equation isas follows:

${\frac{\partial\overset{\_}{u_{i}}}{\partial x_{i}} = 0}{{\frac{\partial\overset{\_}{u_{i}}}{\partial t} + \frac{\partial\overset{\_}{u_{i}u_{j}}}{\partial x_{j}}} = {{{- \frac{1}{\rho}}\frac{\partial\overset{\_}{p}}{\partial x_{i}}} + \frac{\partial\sigma_{ij}}{\partial x_{j}} + \frac{\partial( {- \overset{\_}{u_{i}^{\prime}u_{j}^{\prime}}} )}{\partial x_{j}}}}$

The first formula is a continuity equation, reflecting theincompressibility of a fluid. The second formula is a momentum equationwhose essence is the Newton's second law, reflecting a stress conditionof a fluid element. u and p represent a velocity and pressure of thefluid respectively, and ρ represents a density. * represents a Reynoldsaveraged physical quantity. The subscripts i and j represent componentsof the physical quantity in different directions x, y, and z. Thesuperscript ′ represents a pulsating quantity after an average value issubtracted, reflecting the high pulsatility of the turbulence. σ^(ij)represents a stress tensor consisting of spatial partial derivatives ofthe average velocity component u_(i) with respect to x, y, and z,reflecting stress (or tensile) and shear situations of the fluid.−u′_(j)u′_(j) represents an additional Reynolds stress tensor caused bya Reynolds averaging operation, i.e., τ, and needs to be closed.

(2) Prediction of the Reynolds Stress with the Reinforcement LearningTurbulence Model (RLTM)

After being obtained by solving the RANS equation, the initial flowfield data may be input to the reinforcement learning turbulence model(RLTM) as the state s. The predicted Reynolds stress τ_(pred) iscalculated by alternately using the Reynolds stress prediction neuralnetwork and target neural network of the same structure as that duringmodel training.

Specifically, main steps of this process are similar to those of atraining link of the reinforcement learning turbulence model. However,τDNS of the high-accuracy and high-resolution data is not obtained inadvance in calculation for the specific turbulence problem, so thetarget function for back propagation and parameter updating of theReynolds stress prediction neural network needs to be changed tominimize: (τ_(DNS)−τ_(pred) ²). Where r represents a practical rewardobtained by predicting τ_(pred), and r_(pred) represents a predictedreward calculated by an additional two-layer reward feedback estimationneural network (reward_net) whose first layer uses ReLu as an excitationfunction. A specific form of the network is as follows:

L1=relu(w2*τ_(pred) +b ²)

r _(pred) =w1*L1+b1

It is particularly noted that the network structure parameter stored inthe model training link may be assigned to the prediction neural networkas an initial value so as to improve the performance of the initialnetwork, and the parameter of the target neural network is reproducedand periodically fixed by means of specific experiences in the DQNalgorithm. Every time when the DQN algorithm is updated, someexperiences cc in the training stage may be randomly extracted from thememory for learning. For example, when Qtarget is calculated by use ofthe target neural network, Q′ used in Q_(target)=r_(t+1)+γ*max_(a)_(t+1) Q′(s_(t+1), a_(t+1)) is a parameter extracted from the memory.Random extraction may effectively break the correlation between physicalquantities of the turbulence developed in the time direction andeffectively ensure the efficiency of the neural network. In addition,during calculation, the structure parameter of the target neural networkremains unchanged in a period of time, and then is updated by theReynolds stress prediction neural network whose parameter remains latestanytime, whereby the correlation between the two networks is effectivelybroken.

(3) Calculation with the RANS Equation for Flow Field Update

The Reynolds stress item of the RANS equation is closed based on thepredicted Reynolds stress τ_(pred) to obtain updated flow fieldinformation (u, v, w, p) as the state s1 the next step. A predictedReynolds stress in the next step is predicted by use of thereinforcement learning turbulence model. The operations are cyclicallyperformed to implement turbulence field update.

It can be seen that, according to the turbulence field update methodprovided in the embodiment of the present application, based on thecapabilities of reinforcement learning of generalization, no label,sequential decision-making, and closed-loop update, a turbulence modelis constructed by use of the reinforcement learning technology, and aRANS equation solver is coupled with the reinforcement learningturbulence model to obtain a model with a higher generalization abilityby training with current turbulence field data, thereby implementingturbulence field update. It can be seen that reinforcement learningtechnology-based model construction effectively reduces the influence ofa difference between a target high-Reynolds-number turbulence andlow-Reynolds-number training data and improves the generalizationability of the model. A RANS equation is alternately solved to calculatea turbulence field, and a Reynolds stress is predicted by use of thereinforcement learning turbulence model, whereby difficulties incalculating a high-Reynolds-number turbulence field are reducedeffectively, high-accuracy fast solution is implemented, andfurthermore, more accurate turbulence field update is implemented.

In order to solve the foregoing technical problem, the presentapplication also provides a turbulence field update apparatus. Referringto FIG. 3 , FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a turbulencefield update apparatus according to the present application, including:

a sample obtaining module 1, configured to obtain sample turbulencedata;

a model training module 2, configured to perform model training by useof the sample turbulence data to obtain a reinforcement learningturbulence model;

an initial data calculating module 3, configured to obtain initialturbulence data of the turbulence field through calculating by use of aRANS equation;

an initial data processing module 4, configured to process the initialturbulence data by use of the reinforcement learning turbulence model toobtain a predicted Reynolds stress;

a turbulence field update module 5, configured to calculate thepredicted Reynolds stress by use of the RANS equation to obtain updatedturbulence data.

It can be seen that, according to the turbulence field update apparatusprovided in the embodiment of the present application, based on thecapabilities of reinforcement learning of generalization, no label,sequential decision-making, and closed-loop update, a turbulence modelis constructed by use of the reinforcement learning technology, and aRANS equation solver is coupled with the reinforcement learningturbulence model to obtain a model with a higher generalization abilityby training with current turbulence field data, thereby implementingturbulence field update. It can be seen that reinforcement learningtechnology-based model construction effectively reduces the influence ofa difference between a target high-Reynolds-number turbulence andlow-Reynolds-number training data and improves the generalizationability of the model. A RANS equation is alternately solved to calculatea turbulence field, and a Reynolds stress is predicted by use of thereinforcement learning turbulence model, whereby difficulties incalculating a high-Reynolds-number turbulence field are reducedeffectively, high-accuracy fast solution is implemented, andfurthermore, more accurate turbulence field update is implemented.

In another embodiment, the turbulence field update apparatus may furtherinclude a data preprocessing module, configured to preprocess the sampleturbulence data to obtain standard sample turbulence data.

In another embodiment, the data preprocessing module may include:

a normalization unit, configured to normalize the sample turbulence datato obtain normalized sample turbulence data;

a data extraction unit, configured to extract the normalized sampleturbulence data at an equal interval to obtain the standard sampleturbulence data.

In another embodiment, the model training module 2 may include:

a feature extraction unit, configured to perform feature extraction onthe sample turbulence data to obtain a sample turbulence feature;

a model training unit, configured to perform model training by use ofthe sample turbulence feature to obtain the reinforcement learningturbulence model.

In another embodiment, the model training unit may specifically beconfigured to construct a DQN, and perform iterative training on the DQNby use of the sample turbulence feature by taking a preset targetfunction as an iteration condition to obtain the reinforcement learningturbulence model.

In another embodiment, the initial data calculating module 3 mayspecifically be configured to obtain an initial Reynolds stress of theturbulence field, and close a Reynolds stress item of the RANS equationby use of the initial Reynolds stress to calculate the initialturbulence data.

In another embodiment, the turbulence field update module 5 mayspecifically be configured to obtain a learning experience and networkparameter during training of the reinforcement learning turbulencemodel, optimize the reinforcement learning turbulence model by use ofthe learning experience and the network parameter to obtain an optimizedreinforcement learning turbulence model, and process the initialturbulence data by use of the optimized reinforcement learningturbulence model to obtain the predicted Reynolds stress.

Introductions about the apparatus provided in the present applicationrefer to the method embodiment, and elaborations are omitted in thepresent application.

In order to solve the foregoing technical problem, the presentapplication also provides a turbulence field update device. Referring toFIG. 4 , FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a turbulence fieldupdate device according to the present application. The turbulence fieldupdate device may include:

a memory 10, configured to store a computer program;

a processor 20, configured to execute the computer program to implementany steps of the turbulence field update method as described above.

Introductions about the device provided in the present application referto the method embodiment, and elaborations are omitted in the presentapplication.

In order to solve the foregoing problem, the present application alsoprovides a computer-readable storage medium, storing a computer programthat may be executed by a processor to implement any steps of theturbulence field update method as described above.

The computer-readable storage medium may include various media capableof storing program codes, such as a U disk, a mobile hard disk, aRead-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk,or an optical disk. Introductions about the computer-readable storagemedium provided in the present application refer to the methodembodiment, and elaborations are omitted in the present application.

All the embodiments in this specification are described in a progressivemanner. Contents mainly described in each embodiment are different fromthose described in other embodiments. Same or similar parts of all theembodiments refer to each other. For the apparatus disclosed in theembodiments, since it corresponds to the method disclosed in theembodiments, the description is relatively simple, and the relevant partcan be referred to the description of the method part.

The skilled person may further realize that the units and algorithmicsteps of each example described in conjunction with the embodimentsdisclosed herein are capable of being implemented in electronichardware, computer software, or a combination of both, and that thecomposition and steps of each example have been described generally byfunction in the above description for the purpose of clearlyillustrating the interchangeability of hardware and software. Whetherthese functions are performed in hardware or software depends on theparticular application and design constraints of the technical solution.The skilled person may use different methods to implement the describedfunctions for each particular application, but such implementationshould not be considered as going beyond the scope of the presentapplication.

The steps of a method or algorithm described in conjunction with theembodiments disclosed herein may be directly implemented in hardware, asoftware module executed by a processor, or a combination of thehardware and the software module. The software module can be placed in arandom access memory (RAM), an internal memory, a read only memory(ROM), an electrically programmable ROM, an electrically erasableprogrammable ROM, a register, a hard disk, a mobile disk, a CD-ROM, orany storage medium in other forms known to the technical field.

The technical solutions provided in the present application areintroduced above in detail. Specific examples are applied in thisspecification to illustrate the principle and embodiments of the presentapplication, and the above description of the embodiments is only usedto help understand the method of the present application and the coreidea thereof. It should be noted that for a person of ordinary skill inthe art, several improvements and modifications can be made to thepresent application without departing from the principle of the presentapplication, and these improvements and modifications also fall withinthe scope of protection of the present application.

1. A turbulence field update method, comprising: obtaining sampleturbulence data; performing model training by use of the sampleturbulence data to obtain a reinforcement learning turbulence model;calculating initial turbulence data of the turbulence field by use of aReynolds Averaged Navior-Stokes (RANS) equation; processing the initialturbulence data by use of the reinforcement learning turbulence model toobtain a predicted Reynolds stress; and calculating the predictedReynolds stress by use of the RANS equation to obtain updated turbulencedata.
 2. The turbulence field update method according to claim 1,wherein before the performing model training by use of the sampleturbulence data to obtain a reinforcement learning turbulence model, themethod further comprises: preprocessing the sample turbulence data toobtain standard sample turbulence data.
 3. The turbulence field updatemethod according to claim 2, wherein the preprocessing the sampleturbulence data to obtain standard sample turbulence data comprises:normalizing the sample turbulence data to obtain normalized sampleturbulence data; and extracting the normalized sample turbulence data atequal intervals to obtain the standard sample turbulence data.
 4. Theturbulence field update method according to claim 1, wherein theperforming model training by use of the sample turbulence data to obtaina reinforcement learning turbulence model comprises: performing featureextraction on the sample turbulence data to obtain a sample turbulencefeature; and performing model training by use of the sample turbulencefeature to obtain the reinforcement learning turbulence model.
 5. Theturbulence field update method according to claim 4, wherein theperforming model training by use of the sample turbulence feature toobtain the reinforcement learning turbulence model comprises:constructing a Deep-Q-Network (DQN); and performing iterative trainingon the DQN by use of the sample turbulence feature with a preset targetfunction as an iteration condition to obtain the reinforcement learningturbulence model.
 6. The turbulence field update method according toclaim 1, wherein the calculating initial turbulence data of theturbulence field by use of a RANS equation comprises: obtaining aninitial Reynolds stress of the turbulence field; and closing a Reynoldsstress item of the RANS equation by use of the initial Reynolds stressto calculate the initial turbulence data.
 7. The turbulence field updatemethod according to claim 1, wherein the processing the initialturbulence data by use of the reinforcement learning turbulence model toobtain a predicted Reynolds stress comprises: obtaining a learningexperience and network parameter during training of the reinforcementlearning turbulence model; optimizing the reinforcement learningturbulence model by use of the learning experience and the networkparameter to obtain an optimized reinforcement learning turbulencemodel; and processing the initial turbulence data by use of theoptimized reinforcement learning turbulence model to obtain thepredicted Reynolds stress.
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 9. A turbulence field updatedevice, comprising: a memory, configured to store a computer program; aprocessor, configured to execute the computer program to implement anysteps of a turbulence field update method, wherein the method comprises:obtaining sample turbulence data; performing model training by use ofthe sample turbulence data to obtain a reinforcement learning turbulencemodel; calculating initial turbulence data of the turbulence field byuse of a Reynolds Averaged Navior-Stokes (RANS) equation; processing theinitial turbulence data by use of the reinforcement learning turbulencemodel to obtain a predicted Reynolds stress; and calculating thepredicted Reynolds stress by use of the RANS equation to obtain updatedturbulence data.
 10. A computer-readable storage medium, having acomputer program stored thereon which, when executed by a processor,implements any steps of a turbulence field update method, wherein themethod comprises: obtaining sample turbulence data; performing modeltraining by use of the sample turbulence data to obtain a reinforcementlearning turbulence model; calculating initial turbulence data of theturbulence field by use of a Reynolds Averaged Navior-Stokes (RANS)equation; processing the initial turbulence data by use of thereinforcement learning turbulence model to obtain a predicted Reynoldsstress; and calculating the predicted Reynolds stress by use of the RANSequation to obtain updated turbulence data.
 11. The turbulence fieldupdate device according to claim 9, wherein before the performing modeltraining by use of the sample turbulence data to obtain a reinforcementlearning turbulence model, the method further comprises: preprocessingthe sample turbulence data to obtain standard sample turbulence data.12. The turbulence field update device according to claim 11, whereinthe preprocessing the sample turbulence data to obtain standard sampleturbulence data comprises: normalizing the sample turbulence data toobtain normalized sample turbulence data; and extracting the normalizedsample turbulence data at equal intervals to obtain the standard sampleturbulence data.
 13. The turbulence field update device according toclaim 9, wherein the performing model training by use of the sampleturbulence data to obtain a reinforcement learning turbulence modelcomprises: performing feature extraction on the sample turbulence datato obtain a sample turbulence feature; and performing model training byuse of the sample turbulence feature to obtain the reinforcementlearning turbulence model.
 14. The turbulence field update deviceaccording to claim 13, wherein the performing model training by use ofthe sample turbulence feature to obtain the reinforcement learningturbulence model comprises: constructing a Deep-Q-Network (DQN); andperforming iterative training on the DQN by use of the sample turbulencefeature with a preset target function as an iteration condition toobtain the reinforcement learning turbulence model.
 15. The turbulencefield update device according to claim 9, wherein the calculatinginitial turbulence data of the turbulence field by use of a RANSequation comprises: obtaining an initial Reynolds stress of theturbulence field; and closing a Reynolds stress item of the RANSequation by use of the initial Reynolds stress to calculate the initialturbulence data.
 16. The turbulence field update device according toclaim 9, wherein the processing the initial turbulence data by use ofthe reinforcement learning turbulence model to obtain a predictedReynolds stress comprises: obtaining a learning experience and networkparameter during training of the reinforcement learning turbulencemodel; optimizing the reinforcement learning turbulence model by use ofthe learning experience and the network parameter to obtain an optimizedreinforcement learning turbulence model; and processing the initialturbulence data by use of the optimized reinforcement learningturbulence model to obtain the predicted Reynolds stress.
 17. Thecomputer-readable storage medium according to claim 10, wherein beforethe performing model training by use of the sample turbulence data toobtain a reinforcement learning turbulence model, the method furthercomprises: preprocessing the sample turbulence data to obtain standardsample turbulence data.
 18. The computer-readable storage mediumaccording to claim 17, wherein the preprocessing the sample turbulencedata to obtain standard sample turbulence data comprises: normalizingthe sample turbulence data to obtain normalized sample turbulence data;and extracting the normalized sample turbulence data at equal intervalsto obtain the standard sample turbulence data.
 19. The computer-readablestorage medium according to claim 10, wherein the performing modeltraining by use of the sample turbulence data to obtain a reinforcementlearning turbulence model comprises: performing feature extraction onthe sample turbulence data to obtain a sample turbulence feature; andperforming model training by use of the sample turbulence feature toobtain the reinforcement learning turbulence model.
 20. Thecomputer-readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein theperforming model training by use of the sample turbulence feature toobtain the reinforcement learning turbulence model comprises:constructing a Deep-Q-Network (DQN); and performing iterative trainingon the DQN by use of the sample turbulence feature with a preset targetfunction as an iteration condition to obtain the reinforcement learningturbulence model.
 21. The computer-readable storage medium according toclaim 10, wherein the calculating initial turbulence data of theturbulence field by use of a RANS equation comprises: obtaining aninitial Reynolds stress of the turbulence field; and closing a Reynoldsstress item of the RANS equation by use of the initial Reynolds stressto calculate the initial turbulence data.